Quality Lead Packaging Technician (SAPB)

Boston Beer Co.; Breinigsville (PA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Fertility/adoption support

Free financial coaching

Health & wellness program and discount

Professional development & training

Free beer!

Job summary

Boston Beer Co. in Breinigsville, PA is hiring a Full Time Lead Quality Technician for night shift (6pm–6am) at the Samuel Adams Brewery.

You will lead Packaging Quality Assurance and lab activities across packaging, chemistry, and microbiology, while coaching technicians and ensuring safety. Responsibilities include overseeing the night-shift labs, investigating deviations, updating SOPs, auditing GMPs, and driving continuous improvement through cross‑functional collaboration with Brewing and

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in a production facility or laboratory environment.
• Familiarity with packaging, brewing, and microbiological lab practices.
• Knowledge of HACCP, 5S, GMP, and food safety/sanitation.
• Mechanical aptitude and equipment troubleshooting experience.
• Proficiency with data entry tools (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Access/QI Analyst).
• Experience with continuous improvement, analytical, problem-solving, and project management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee night-shift lab operations across packaging, chemistry, and microbiology.
• Lead and coach Technicians, ensure SOP adherence and CAPA records.
• Investigate deviations, perform RCAs, and develop effective resolutions.
• Update and communicate SOPs and OPLs with Training.
• Audit GMPs, validate processes, and prepare QA reports.

Skills

Production facility experience

Lab practices knowledge

Safety GMP HACCP 5S

Mechanical aptitude

Data entry tools (Office & QI Analyst)

CI/Analytical/problem-solving

Cross-functional communication

Lifting and long shifts

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Access

QI Analyst

Job description

Job Description

We are currently hiring a Full Time Lead Quality Technician at the Samuel Adams Brewery in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania for night shift 6pm-6am. As a Lead Quality Technician, you’ll help lead Packaging Quality Assurance and packaging material activities while supporting the brewery’s quality and safety programs. You’ll oversee night‑shift lab operations across packaging, chemistry, and microbiology, support and coach technicians, and help ensure products and materials meet quality standards. You’ll also drive continuous improvement, troubleshoot issues, and partner with Brewing and Packaging to resolve process deviations.

What You’ll Brew

• Oversee night‑shift operations across the packaging, chemistry, and microbiology labs, ensuring work meets quality, safety, and operating standards.
• Lead and support Technicians by coordinating workflow, providing coaching and training, validating adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and maintaining capability records.
• Investigate production and process deviations, facilitate Root Cause Analyses (RCAs), escalation issues as needed, and help develop effective resolutions.
• Review, update, and create quality SOPs and communicate process changes through One‑Point Lessons (OPLs) in partnership with the Training Department.
• Audit Critical Points (CPs) and Critical Control Points (CCPs), conduct Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) audits, validate processes, and follow through on Quality Assurance Reports (QARs) and Defective Product Material Reports (DPMRs).
• Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and verify laboratory equipment; maintain Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) tracking; participate in sensory panels; and determine whether products meet specifications for release or hold.
• Drive continuous improvement by recommending process and equipment improvements, supporting new product transitions, maintaining the lab Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS), and building effective partnerships across Brewing, Packaging, and Quality Assurance.
• Work safely in a production environment with constant noise, production equipment, and forklifts, including spaces that may experience extreme temperatures.
• Work overtime as needed, which may include 12‑hour days, weekends, and holidays, while following all required brewery safety procedures and using assigned personal protective equipment.

What Ingredients You’ll Bring

Minimum Qualifications

• 2 to 4 years of work experience in a production facility or laboratory environment.
• Familiarity with packaging, brewing, and microbiological laboratory practices.
• Knowledge of food safety, sanitation, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), 5S, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and laboratory and production safety practices.
• Mechanical aptitude and experience operating, maintaining, or troubleshooting equipment.
• Proficiency with computers and automated equipment used to enter and interpret data, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and QI Analyst.
• Experience using continuous improvement, analytical, problem‑solving, and project‑management skills in a production or laboratory environment.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with stakeholders across multiple functions and levels.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, including repeated lifting, and regularly walk or stand for extended periods of up to 11 hours per day.
• Ability to perform required production activities including crouching, bending, twisting, reaching, climbing stairs, and working from heights or elevated platforms, and to wear assigned personal protective equipment.

Level: 8IC

In accordance with pay transparency laws the pay rate for this role if hired is $30.40 per hour. However, it’s important to note that where the person hired starts in this range is dependent on their related experience, skillset and location.

Some Perks

Our people are our most important "ingredient." We hire the best talent; and we reward, develop, and retain them too.

In addition to generous healthcare on day one, stock purchase plan, 401k and more, Full Time Boston Beer Coworkers have the following perks available*:

• Tuition reimbursement
• Fertility/adoption support
• Free financial coaching
• Health & wellness program and discounts
• Professional development & training
• Free beer!

The Boston Beer Company may use AI-enabled tools to assist with identifying qualified candidates and streamline recruiting operations. These tools help us improve efficiency and consistency. All hiring decisions are made thoughtfully by recruiters and hiring teams. We regularly evaluate our processes to promote fairness, reduce bias, and comply with applicable laws.

To ensure the integrity of the evaluation, please refrain from using AI-generated enhancements during your phone and virtual interviews. If we discover that you have used such enhancements without authorization or prior disclosure, you may be disqualified from the hiring process. External AI tools may not be used to transcribe or record the interview at any time. This ensures your privacy, and Boston Beer's confidential information are protected.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Fair Chance Ordinance and the CA Fair Chance Act.

Boston Beer Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to help ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who wish to request accommodation in the job application process can contact [e-mail] for assistance.